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It’s Not The Gym, It’s A Courtroom
This is a pet peeve of mine and it is time I address it. I remember the first time I witnessed the atrocity. It was about 4 years ago. I was in court waiting for my case to be called when another case was called. I witnessed one of the parties walking up to podium. One man dressed in a suit and a woman dressed in New Balance shoes, a black North Face jacket, and black sweat pants (not even yoga pants but old school sweat with the cuff around the ankles!). Now I assumed that the man was the attorney, no, not because he was a man but because…
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Keeping Fathers in Family (Law)
We all know that gender roles changed quite a while ago and it is becoming more evident in today’s society. Advertising is changing; commercials for products like Clorox, Huggies, Tide, and Go-Gurt are showing men in roles that used to be considered roles for women or mothers. The terms “stay at home dad” and “househusband” are becoming more common place. With these obvious changes in lifestyle and social norms a change in the legal area of family law cannot be too far behind. There is strong belief that in the family law system the mother is often favored over the father when it comes to custody of the children. The…